When you change a byte, that's a write. The way file systems work, you're not always changing the same byte, but it averages out. Not a big deal if you use it once a week to transfer files from one machine to another. Or, like I use one of mine with portable Roboform, to store (copies of) passwords.
But it's a bad idea to write to it on a daily basis, especially for something like email that can be stored in the cloud for free. On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 6:50 AM, katan <ka...@his.com> wrote: > What, exactly, constitutes a "write"? Is it one email? Is it the whole > batch that gets downloaded at a time? The CGuys list generates, > probably, 5000 posts a year (or more), so that would be quite a few > writes if it's just one email. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
